Simple Blood Test to Detect ConcussionMonday, April 04, 20162A barely bruised brain can send out molecular SOS signals in the blood for days after an injury, researchers report this week in JAMA Neurology. The finding suggests that new...

Head transplants?Saturday, April 25, 20158The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a manâs head onto a donorâs body has said that he could do much of the procedure in less than an hour. The procedure â...

Cycle helmets are useless, says brain surgeonMonday, June 02, 20145A leading neurosurgeon has controversially claimed that cyclists who wear helmets are wasting their time. Henry Marsh, who works at St Georgeâs Hospital in Tooting, London, said...

Monday, April 28, 2014

Obamacare deals blow to one-doctor medicineMonday, April 28, 201422Despite the predictions of fortune tellers in politics and think tanks, we wonât know for years whether the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will ultimately...

So 'Vitamins don't work,' eh?Tuesday, January 14, 2014133Now I will admit my bias. My bias is that modern medicine is the âFlat Earth Society,â and its adherents are infused with hubris â they âknow not that they knoweth not.â In other...

Cash-only doctors abandon the insurance systemMonday, June 17, 20133Fed up with declining payments and rising red tape, a small but growing number of doctors is opting out of the insurance system completely. They're expecting patients to pony up...

Hospitals crack down on staff refusing flu shotsMonday, January 14, 201310Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who...

Monday, October 08, 2012

CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitisMonday, October 08, 20125ealth officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain. The Centers for...

More kids skip school shots in 8 statesWednesday, November 30, 201122A rising number of parents in more than half of states are opting out of school shots for their kids. And in eight states, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners do not...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Maple syrup a 'superfood': researchersWednesday, October 26, 201138Researchers have identified compounds in maple syrup with similar anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidant properties as blueberries, green tea and other "superfoods." "In our...

Potent medicine from the BibleSunday, October 17, 20106Thirty years ago, Dr. Shaul Eger, a physiologist specializing in animal husbandry, was told by specialists that his heart arrhythmia was incurable and that he might die. He...

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Is Birth Control Preventive Medicine?Thursday, October 14, 20107That's the question federal officials will by answering in the next year as they continue writing regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act. If federal regulators decide to...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Christian Science Church Seeks Truce on MedicineThursday, March 25, 20102Since the founding of their church 131 years ago, Christian Scientists have been taught to avoid doctors at all cost. It is a conviction rooted so deeply in church dogma that...

Friday, February 19, 2010

'Influenza vaccine has no effect': studyFriday, February 19, 20101There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing hands, a new study...

GlaxoSmithKline Recalls H1N1 VaccineThursday, November 26, 2009The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening...